EXPERIENCE
Cronkite News – Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)
Digital reporter, Aug. 2017-present
- Cover immigration, minority issues, race and identity for the Borderlands desk two days a week.
- Turn one or two multimedia stories a week, from breaking news to profiles and explanatory pieces, as well as two in-depth enterprise stories
a month. - Promote stories on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
Digital producer, Aug. 2017-present
- Proofread and produce stories on WordPress two days a week.
- Create data visualizations for stories using platforms such as Venngage, Google Maps, Piktochart, and others.
News21 – Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)
Hearst Fellow, Summer 2017
- One of 29 students across the country selected to be part of the Carnegie Corporation-Knight Foundation News21 initiative.
- Worked on a multi-part investigative project about drinking water contamination in the U.S. My story about water issues in low-income,
unincorporated communities across the border was featured on NBC News, The Center for Public Integrity, The Texas Tribune, The Arizona Republic, among other media outlets.
Center for the Future of Arizona (Phoenix, Arizona)
Part-time reporter, Aug. 2016-Dec. 2016
- Turned one article a week for the center’s “Success Stories” section on their website.
- Wrote stories about health care resources for the Native American community, and job opportunities for the homeless population in Phoenix.
Electionland – Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)
Volunteer, Oct. 2016-Nov. 2016
- Project led by ProPublica in partnership with Google, Gannett, Univision, First Draft and 13 top journalism schools across the country.
- Used social media listening programs to monitor voting problems in seven states during the 2016 elections. I ran them through systematized
verification steps and funneled them to the headquarters in New York.
Confisa International Group (Mexico City, Mexico)
Business assistant, Oct. 2015-Aug. 2016
University Program for the Study of Cultural Diversity and Interculturalism (Mexico City, Mexico)
Research assistant, Aug. 2015-Feb. 2016
- Conducted documentary research on migration, remittances and cultural transformation.
- Copy edited research papers that were published by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
El Semanario Sin Límites (Mexico City, Mexico)
Staff writer, Sept. 2014-Jan. 2015
EDUCATION
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism – Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)
Master of Mass Communication, Expected graduation date Dec. 2017
National School of Anthropology and History (Mexico City, Mexico)
B.A. in Ethnology, Aug. 2015
SKILLS
- English (fluent, TOEFL Certification). Spanish (native speaker).
- Google Fusion Tables. WordPress. Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point. Stata (basic).
- DSLR video/photo. Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and Audition.